Geographical Study of Rural to Urban Migration in local government area of Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria.
Ibrahim Usman Bura1, Jeshua Chilariye2
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Yobe State University, Nigeria
Abstract
The research work assessed the Geographical Study of Rural —Urban Migration in local government area of Damaturu Yobe State in Nigeria, the objectives of the study include; To scrutinize the push and pull factors responsible for the migration in Damaturu town, To analyze the major economic benefit derive from migratory group, To compare the positive and negative effect of migration at the origin (rural) and destination (urban). The research presented the remote effects of rural-urban migration on rural development. This study has been able to cover new growth which was hitherto neglected by government. In other to achieve the objectives of the study, data was collected from primary sources using questionnaire. the data obtained were collected and were summarized as absolute frequencies and proportion using the simple descriptive percentage method. The study revealed that from the study area, 20% of the respondents are for poverty, 44% of the respondent are for insecurity, 16% of the respondents are for better life, 21% of the respondents are for education. Also from the data obtained from the respondents on the economic benefit 61% of the respondents are for the good job opportunity, 38% of the respondent are for development active group, finally, on ways to compare the positive and negative effect of migration at the origin (rural) and destination (urban) 50% of the respondents are for over population, 24% of the respondent are for insecurity while 25% of the respondents are for outbreak of disease. finally, the study concluded that the rural-urban migration and rising urban unemployment and under-employment between rural economic and social and opportunities to curb rural-urban migration, rural areas are isolated areas of an open country low population density.
Keywords: Population, Migration, Urban, Rural, Environment, Community, Development.
